Mass balance of Icelandic glaciers in variable climate

• Main Author: Belart, Joaquín M. C.
• Other Authors: Eyjólfur Magnússon og Etienne Berthier, Jarðvísindadeild (HÍ), Faculty of Earth Sciences (UI), Laboratoire d'Etudes en Géophysique et Océanographie Spatiale, Verkfræði- og náttúruvísindasvið (HÍ), School of Engineering and Natural Sciences (UI), Háskóli Íslands, University of Iceland, University of Toulouse 3 - Paul Sabatier
• Format: Doctoral or Postdoctoral Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: University of Iceland, School of Engineering and Natural Sciences, Faculty of Earth Sciences 2018
• Subjects: Remote sensing; Mass balance; Glacier-climate relationship; Fjarkönnun; Jöklarannsóknir; Úrkoma; Hitamælingar; Veðurfar; Jarðeðlisfræði; Doktorsritgerðir; Drangajökull; Eyjafjallajökull; glacier; Iceland
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11815/923

The mass balance of a glacier is strongly connected to climate. At high latitudes, mass balance is typically controlled by snow accumulation during the winter and the glacier ablation during the summer. In Iceland, direct mass balance observations have been mostly focused on the three largest ice ca...